Favorite meals in camp??

[jwbharper]

I was planning on what food to pack, I thought I'd ask you all what your favorite foods are to bring hunting? What keeps you fueled during hard hunts?

Any tips to not smell like the food you cooked while in the woods?

I like MRE's for ease and lack of smell. Of course there is lack of taste sometimes too =) I know you could have a set of clothes for in the camp and another for in the woods but that seems like too much changing for me.

Happy hunting

[jwbharper]

There is also a great flavored bean and rice combo made by Vigo that you can get at the store. It comes in a relatively small, rectangle shaped bag. All you do is add water to cook. Great calories and mixing in sausage is a bonus!

My favorite camping dinner!

[LB_hntr]

velveta shells and cheese! pastas, mack and cheese with powdered milk. mre's. dont forget trail mix and jerky for snacks.

For cooking and camp chores i like to have a pair of comfy sweat pants and shirt and camp shoes, if you not backpacking and your weight and rig has enough room. This keeps the odor off hunting gear and give you a comfortable clothing option for camp.

On our more successful tent camping hunts, we have had organic ribeye steaks, pizza, spagetti, pheasants, deer liver, deer tenderloins, walleye, bluegills and eggs. With the odd salad tossed in, just to keep the pipes clear helps.  I get enough of the Mountain House stuff during the canoe season.

[Ray Lyon]

Lamb, Prime Rib, Barbeque Ribs, Walleye and perch, Corned beef brisket boiled dinner(prevents scurvy from all the red meat we eat     ) and sometimes we'll add in some fresh killed grouse/woodcock/wild turkey breast.  Those are the main courses we eat at the Shrewhaven Lodge Camp.  

Apple pie, lot's of exotic appetizers and lot's of amber colored liquid refreshments.  

Dinners are considered an 'event' at camp.  It only comes around once a year and savoring them is part of the experience.


I keep all my hunting clothes outside in sealed plastic bins, including the long underwear to keep them away from all the cabin smells (which are fabulous by the way)

[VictoryHunter]

Fresh grilled tenderloin after a successful days kill! Or whatever fish I am able to catch.

[HighTecRedNeck]

We go full out when I have my camper but always carfull to keep my field clothes in a plastic bag outside.

First thing I do when we get there is take my hunt clothes and soak them in the lake for a few hours

[beaver#1]

It really depends on the size of your camp.
For large camp with at least a Coleman stove and skillet I like something me and my cousin put together called slop. Cut up potatoes, onions,sarano peppers. Cut them down then a can of chile and a can of beans. ( as you see I don't worry so much about the smell of my food).

For small pack in camps. Usually just some of the mountain home type stuff

[britt]

Sardines and crackers.

[Sam McMichael]

Chili.

[Tradcat]

second on Chili....but 50% venison,25% beef,25% hot spicy breakfast sausage for the meat

[Shawn Leonard]

Stew, Chili, lots of stuff like Ray said. I am very conscious of my scent but I spray down with Scent Killer and hunt the wind. Tough to beat a deers nose no matter what. I have a friend who actually smokes from his tree while hunting. Puts them out with his fingers. He kills lots of deer each year. He says no matter what ya do if a deer gets down wind your done. Hard to argue with a guy that has 7 P&Y bucks and a Boone and Crocket killed with a bow. Shawn

[r-man]

Franks and beans.

[JAG]

FOOD!

[ron w]

Hot dogs, Bushes Beans and rice in a one pot meal with some good crusty bread.

[ron w]

Hot dogs, Bushes Beans and rice in a one pot meal with some good crusty bread.

[Bear Heart]

I have a camp chef oven so: pizza, chicken pot pie, lasagna,  spicy beef, burrito. ... pretty much anything you make at home. I like to make freezer meals ahead of time.

[awbowman]

Partial to ribeyes with crawfish étouffée on top or seafood gumbo.

[Jack Ripper]

Fresh elk backstrap cutlets wrapped in Bacon cooked over a wood fire.

[old_goat2]

5 can and a bag slop. It's basically the green bean casserole you eat at Thanksgiving with some extras thrown in. Can of Green Beans, Can of Chunk Chicken, Can of Mushrooms, Can of Mushroom Soup, Can of French Fried onions and a bag of the boil in the bag rice. Mix all the canned ingredients except the onions in a pot and heat, cook the rice, mix rice in with the other ingredients and add onions to the top of the servings you dish out. Sticks to your ribs and is delicious and easy.